On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 07:53 -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Claude Jones wrote: > > > On Sun January 28 2007, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > >> Oh, right. Now I recall later RHL or early FC releases had a "Start Here" > >> icon on the desktop. Opening it opened a window with the system-config-* > >> menu entries. There was a corresponding menu entry that would open the > >> same window. > >> > >> I guess Rahul has explained where it went and what its possible future is. > >> > >> Apparently, I'm not the only one who misunderstood what you were looking > >> for, though. > > > > Actually, Matthew, you're still not getting the right item. I have it right > > here on my desktop, recommended to me by Rahul many months ago. It's a single > > click menu-item, "System Control Center" it's called in the version I've got. > > It does just what Ric has been describing - it doesn't open a window with > > menu entries. It opens a GUI with icons and tabs; each tab window has a > > subset of buttons with icons and text for each of the system-config utilities > > you have installed. I thought it was broken on this box but it turns out it's > > not - I have it open here as I'm typing. The seven tabs are > > labelled 'Software' 'Hardware' 'System' 'Network' 'Server' 'Securities and > > Users' and 'Misc' - there are a total of 31 buttons on the various tab pages > > corresponding to the system-config and some other utilities installed on my > > system - clicking on a button opens a separate GUI corresponding to the > > function you selected. > > Actually, I have the right item, but unclear description. Should have > written "...opeened a window with icons representing the menu entries...". > I didn't remember the tabs, but then, they say the memory is the second > thing to go... Join the club! I'm not only the Founder of "First thing to go", I am a client. :) RIc -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
